All Cancer articles – Page 17
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NewsLong waits for cancer treatment double
The proportion of cancer patients receiving their treatment 104 days or more after referral has doubled year-on-year, new data shows.
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NewsRecord poor performance ‘dashes hopes of near normal’
Unprecedentedly poor waiting time data for electives, diagnostics and cancer suggests the chances of NHS England’s ambitions for ‘near normal’ service levels this autumn being met are very unlikely, experts have warned.
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NewsNHS England warned fixing e-referral system now ‘critically urgent’
Hospital and GP leaders in east London have warned problems with the capital’s e-referral system have become a ‘critically urgent matter’.
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NewsCancer hubs ‘here to stay’ after ‘massive jump’ in long waiters
There has been a “massive jump up of [cancer] long waiters particularly in the area of surgery”, NHS England and Improvement’s national cancer director has said, with treatment hubs “critical” to trying to deal with the backlog.
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CommentCovid-19 proves running the NHS ‘hot’ is far from cost-effective
Covid-19 has shown investing in long-term capacity and resilience in the NHS is cost-effective, writes Chris Thomas
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NewsRevealed: New restrictions on tests as long waits mount
A new tranche of commissioning restrictions have been proposed to ease pressure on diagnostic teams and move more treatments to primary care settings.
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HSJ Local
Trust lost £11m in private income due to covid
An NHS trust lost £11m in expected private income because of the covid-19 outbreak, it has revealed.
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CommentImproving end-of-life care outcomes in North East Essex
Dr Karen Chumbley, Mark Jarman-Howe, Dr Tim Wilson and Erica Isonpart describe their journey of implementing a population-health approach to end-of-life care in North East Essex
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HSJ LocalYear-long delay for ‘proton beam’ cancer unit
A high-profile building project to bring “proton beam” cancer treatment to patients in London has suffered another year-long delay.
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CommentThe NHS’ approach to waiting list management needs urgent reform
The NHS needs a framework that prioritises patient safety and supports the equitable prioritisation of patients in different settings, with different diagnoses, and even under the care of different trusts. By Rowan Wathes, Arup Nath and Catherine Urch
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NewsNHS heading for ’massive’ endoscopy backlog if no private sector deal agreed
Senior managers have warned of the “massive” endoscopy problem if a deal to use private sector capacity is not agreed.
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NewsSuspended GP contract requirements to return
NHS England has told GPs to restart some services that were suspended during the initial response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsRevealed: £350m for first three months of Nightingale hospitals
Nearly £350m was earmarked by NHS England/Improvement for spending on England’s Nightingale hospitals, according to newly published contracts.
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CommentThe impact of coronavirus on young people with cancer
Coronavirus has hit the whole country hard, but for young people with cancer, the impact has been unimaginable. In this piece, Teenage Cancer Trust’s Director of Services, Dr Louise Soanes, talks about its psychological impact and how the vital support provided by the charity, must be preserved to protect the ...
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News‘Requiring immediate action’: The patient safety issues hidden in unpublished reports
These are some of the serious findings of external reviews of NHS services from recent years, previously unpublished but now released to HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Private provider’s contract suspended pending safety review
An independent provider’s NHS contract has been suspended, and a harm review is to be carried out on patients who have faced a long wait.
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NewsMapped: A&E, cancer and RTT waiting time
Interactive maps of local NHS waits around England in May 2020, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty. RTT and cancer data is for April and A&E data is for May.
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NewsEndoscopy shortfall is here to stay, NHS warned
A leading doctor has warned that trusts will struggle to get back to anything like pre-covid levels of endoscopy services and will need to prioritise which patients are diagnosed.
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NewsUrgent cancer treatment down 60 per cent in April
The number of patients receiving urgent cancer treatment fell by 60 per cent in April, as hospitals struggled to provide services while grappling with covid-19.
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HSJ LocalHospital to be covid-free with A&E cases redirected
An acute trust is set to further downgrade an accident and emergency department as part of plans to create a covid-free hospital.